OXFORD 9000
📚 adj • entry_id 21601

fastidious

/fæsˈtɪdi.əs/
Meanings (ES + gloss)
cicatero • quisquilloso • regodeón
Excessively particular, demanding, or fussy about details, especially about tidiness and cleanliness.
As she cleaned the room daily, she knew it was against his fastidious nature to bring or have food in his room.
He had at first tried to clean up as they ate, his fastidious nature kicking in, but Chris had told him to just stop, he was blocking the TV.
maniático de la limpieza
Overly concerned about tidiness and cleanliness.
"If you are fastidious, clean previously used pots inside and out; if not, merely clean the outside (unless you are battling a pest infestation; then the inside will need scrubbing…
exigente
Difficult to please; quick to find fault.
"It's burn[t], M'sieur," said Marie Louise, politely, but decidedly, to the utter confusion of Mr. Billy, who was as mortified as could be at the failure of his dinner to please hi…
You're too fastidious, and too indolent, and too rich.